Contributors to the Scientific Revolution

Nathan Brosotoff

Greek Philosopher from 384 BC to 322 BC

Student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great

His interests include:◦ Physics◦ Metraphysics◦ Poetry

◦ Theater◦ Music◦ Logic◦ Rhetoric◦ Linguistics◦ Politics◦ Government◦ Ethics◦ Biology◦ zoology

Aristotle

Aristotle’s views on the physical sciences shaped centuries of knowledge, extending into the renaissance.

His works show the earliest known formal study of logic, which transformed into present-day, formal logic.

Aristotle Cont.

Established his own school known as the Lyceum in 335 BC

Gave lessons to Alexander the great, Ptolemy, and Cassander; all future kings

It is suggested that Aristotle was the last person to know everything there was to be known in his own time

Only a fraction of his written works still survive.

Aristotle Cont. II

Polish mathematician and astromomer Formulated a heliocentric (sun centered)

model for the universe. His works contributed significantly to the

scientific revolution

Nicolaus Copernicus

Had a doctorate in canon law Without degrees he was also a:

◦ Physician◦ Polyglot ◦ Classics scholar◦ Translator◦ Governor◦ Diplomat◦ Economist

Set down quantity theory of money, which is used in present day economics

Copernicus Cont.

Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher

Known as the father of: modern physics, modern observational astronomy, science, modern science

Played a major role in the scientific revolution

Gallileo Galilei

Some of his achievements include:◦ Improvements to the telescope◦ Astronomical observations and support for

Copernicanism Was a large champion for heliocentrism, and

was investigated by the Roman Inquisition Later found guilty of heresy when

supporting his views in Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems which appeared to attack Pope Urban VIII

Forced to recant and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

Gallileo Cont.

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